BlockPiney Bluff, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31565. The Survey maps it on the Dover Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bladen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dover Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Dover Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Dover Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Piney Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 805 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021CAMDEN002 |
| 29 August 1999 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1999 | Natural | 225 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Bluff | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ella Park (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lampadocia (historical) | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bell View (historical) | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Bluff | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hogan | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Forestview | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ceylon | 7.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332684. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.